What players buy
The items bought most in each of Valve’s four game stages
Public matches · each item’s own count
1stMost bought
142 buys
2ndSecond most
124 buys
3rdThird most
87 buys
4thFourth most
84 buys
5thFifth most
62 buysBy GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Sept 2026
Alchemist
Melee · Strength
- Win rate
- 47.4%
- Pick share
- 0.3%
- Matches
- 142,270
- Patch
- 7.41f
Draft coverage
BringsCarrySupportDurableDisablerInitiatorNuker
NeedsTower damageEscape
Recommendation
Pick
- The game is heading for 20–30 min — that is where this hero measures best, at 53.4% over 4,988 matches.
- You are playing around Herald — its strongest medal, 48.0% over 4,184 picks.
Avoid
- Keeper of the Light is on their side — this hero wins 30.6% of 36 matches against it.
- Terrorblade is on their side — this hero wins 36.8% of 38 matches against it.
- Batrider is on their side — this hero wins 35.5% of 31 matches against it.
142 buys124 buys87 buys84 buys62 buys
Skill Order
Which ability to max first, and where each point goes — what most league players on Alchemist took at each level.
QAcid Spray
Sprays high-pressure acid across a target area.
Point Target · AOE · Physical damage
WUnstable Concoction
Alchemist brews up an unstable concoction that he can throw at an enemy hero, to stun and deal damage in an area around the explosion.
No Target · Instant Cast · Physical damage
ECorrosive Weaponry
Alchemist coats his weapons and empowers his spells with an acid that applies a stacking slow and base attack damage reduction to enemies hit.
Passive
RChemical Rage
Alchemist causes his Ogre to enter a chemically induced rage, reducing base attack cooldown and increasing movement speed and health regeneration.
No TargetMax Order
QWE
Max Q first, then W, then E. Most took R at 6 / 13.
Level-up Order
- QAcid Spray
- WUnstable Concoction
- ECorrosive Weaponry
- RChemical Rage
- TTalent
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QAcid Spray | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||
| WUnstable Concoction | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||
| ECorrosive Weaponry | E | E | E | ||||||||||||
| RChemical Rage | R | R | |||||||||||||
| TTalent | T | T |
Matchup map
How Alchemist performs against every opponent with 30 or more counted games
77 opponents · public matches40%60%Alchemist's win rate
≥ 60%Very favorable
55 – 60%Favorable
50 – 55%Even
45 – 50%Unfavorable
40 – 45%Hard
< 40%Very hard
If this happens, use this
- They are running away
Something that holds them still, or closes the gap yourself. Matched on “slow”, “stun”.
- I am being jumped
A way out, a way to shrug the debuff, or something to eat the burst. Matched on “dispel”.
- Stay in lane
Healing, regeneration or lifesteal — not having to walk back. Matched on “regenerat”.
By medal
- Herald48.0%4,184
- Guardian47.9%13,323
- Crusader47.8%22,477
- Archon46.8%28,874
- Legend46.7%27,620
- Ancient46.3%16,996
- Divine45.7%9,533
One count per medal, not one rate split across them; a medal with no counted matches is left out.
By match length
- 0–20 min51.3%2,085
- 20–30 min53.4%4,988
- 30–40 min49.6%3,329
- 40–50 min49.2%1,308
- 50 min +51.7%596
Bands under 120 matches are absent rather than shown small.
Learning Alchemist
Abilities
Acid Spray
Point Target · AOE · Physical damageSprays high-pressure acid across a target area. Enemy units who step across the contaminated terrain take damage per second and have their armor reduced.
Unstable Concoction
No Target · Instant Cast · Physical damageAlchemist brews up an unstable concoction that he can throw at an enemy hero, to stun and deal damage in an area around the explosion. The longer the concoction brews, the more damage it deals and the longer the stun. Alchemist is faster while charging the concoction. After 5 seconds, the brew reaches its maximum damage and stun time. However, after 5.5 seconds, the concoction will explode on Alchemist himself if not thrown.
Corrosive Weaponry
PassiveAlchemist coats his weapons and empowers his spells with an acid that applies a stacking slow and base attack damage reduction to enemies hit. Attacks apply 2 stacks. Unstable Concoction applies 1 stack per second of brew time.
Berserk Potion
Unit Target · HiddenAlchemist throws a potion at an ally, applying a basic dispel and giving them attack speed, movement speed and HP regen. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Greevil's Greed
Hidden · PassiveAlchemist synthesizes additional gold from his enemies and bounty runes. With each kill, Alchemist earns base bonus gold and extra bonus gold. If Alchemist kills another unit which yields gold within the next 40 seconds, an additional instance of Extra Bonus Gold is added to the total. Additionally, causes bounty runes to yield more gold.
Chemical Rage
No TargetAlchemist causes his Ogre to enter a chemically induced rage, reducing base attack cooldown and increasing movement speed and health regeneration. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Base attributes
- Strength
- 23 +2.7
- Agility
- 22 +1.5
- Intelligence
- 25 +1.8
- Move · range
- 295 · 150
Talents
- 4Chemical Rage Movement SpeedChemical Rage Regeneration
- 3Chemical Rage Base Attack TimeUnstable Concoction Max Damage
- 2Corrosive Weaponry Slow / Damage Reduction Per StackGreevil's Greed provides Damage per stack
- 1Acid Spray Armor ReductionUnstable Concoction Radius
Aghanim’s Scepter
Changes Greevil's Greed
Alchemist melts down Aghanim's Scepter to grant an allied hero all Aghanim's Scepter upgrades. Alchemist will gain bonus damage and 6 additional base and max Greevil's Greed Extra Gold for each melted Scepter.
Aghanim’s Shard
Changes Berserk Potion
Alchemist throws a potion at an ally, applying a basic dispel and giving them attack speed, movement speed and HP regen. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Sources
- Kit, talents and upgrades · mechanicalread 22 Sept 2026
Ability names, icons, behaviour, damage type and text, plus the Aghanim’s Scepter and Shard descriptions — as the game itself ships them. Nothing here was counted over matches.
- Win rate by medal · countedread 15 Sept 2026
The same hero at each of Valve’s eight medals, over 4,610,063 public matches. Each medal carries its own sample, because the eight buckets are nothing like the same size.
- Matchups and match length · counted, on a narrower windowread 16 Sept 2026
Win rate against each opponent and across five match-length bands. This channel reports far fewer games than the medal figures above: the median hero pairing is 51 matches and the largest on the whole roster is 707. Rows under 30 games are absent rather than shown small, and the ones that remain are ORDERED by a figure shrunk toward even by its own sample — the rate you see is the real one, the ranking is the careful one.
- What players build · countedread 15 Sept 2026
The five most common items in each of Valve’s four game stages, with each row’s own pick count.
- Skill order · counted, in league matchesread 3 Oct 2026
Where skill points go, read off every player's own learning order in premium and professional league matches on patches 7.41 and 7.40. Each level shows the ability most players took there and the share that did — a column only a third agree on is printed as a third, not as the rule. Heroes under 30 counted games show no path.
- Situation index · derived, and checkableread 22 Sept 2026
Each situation is a phrase match against Valve’s own ability text, and every row shows the phrases that matched. No win rate is attached, because nobody counts one per situation.
Mechanics are the ones Valve publishes for patch 7.41f. GamGem is not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve Corporation.